It is what it is. A collection of entries about my house, my cooking, my ideas, my projects, my travels, my family, my parties and really anything else that seems interesting, all somewhere in Carolina.

9.08.2009

Baltimore

It would come up in conversation that Carolina Husband and I were heading to Baltimore to visit my sister and one of the standard responses was "Well there is plenty to do in D.C. It's only a short drive." But as we learned on the Baltimore duck tour (quack, quack), the city has gone through quite a renaissance in the past few years. We managed to take in most of the sites on foot and water taxi.

Our highlights for the 4 days were we in Baltimore included an Orioles baseball game finished a bit early for us by a downpour of rain;

Duck tour through the city on land and through inner harbor by sea;

Dolphin show, jelly exhibit and 4-D movie all in the National Aquarium (the 4-D experience was very cool even for two adults);

Oysters for lunch, crabs for dinner;

And a water taxi trip to Fort McHenry where the star spangled banner was written.

Baltimore seemed like a great educational trip for kids with the aquarium, science center and fort and there is no shortage a restaurants, shops and watering holes for us adults. It's worth it really just to see the architecture and residence's in Federal Hill, Fells Point and the downtown/harbor area. Plus I am a sucker for any city that is on the water.

Oh yeah, we even had time to get in a fantasy football draft for the boys.